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October 15, 2009 3:05 pm at 3:05 pm
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WolfishMusings
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I wish for pig to become kosher
I read a short story titled “The R-Strain” by Harry Turtledove (the famous alternate history author) about a future where someone genetically developed a pig which was a ruminant. The scientists then asked a rabbi whether or not the pig was kosher — since it now chewed it’s cud and had split feet.
The rabbi debated the issue with himself and, ultimately, ate the pig.*
The Wolf
* Please don’t start in on how the rabbi’s decision was wrong. Turtledove is a sci-fi author, not a halachic authority and the story isn’t meant to pasken.